Ammonoosuc Rock Gymnastics

I've just posted some new pictures onto flickr from our comparatively recent stay up at the "Little House" in Twin Mountain. These are photos that were taken either with my Nikon D90 or my Panasonic Lumix LX5.

This picture is taken at the so called Middle Falls on the Ammonoosuc River of New Hampshire.

Volunteer Park to Space Needle

Since my daughter quite likes this shot taken from Seattle’s Volunteer Park one Saturday afternoon in July, I figure I can include it in this blog entry. I wonder how many other photos composed like this one have, however, been taken over the years?

One of the advantages and appeals of flickr of course is that I can go in and see all of the photos taken from this vantage point reasonably easily although I’m going to resist the temptation to post links onto this blog from such a search.

Early Evening in Charleston

We wandered around the streets of the city taking pictures of interesting buildings, etc.

And finally it was getting quite dark and I was using my Panasonic Lumix in the following shot.

S Carolina Over Memorial Day Weekend

We (my wife and I) drove down to the coast over the Memorial Day Weekend (nearing the end of May) and on the way stopped at this place and I took a few pictures both with the p&s and with my DSLR.  

The following picture is fairly typical of the park with Cyprus Trees and other foliage re-establishing themselves after the devastation of Hurricane Hugo back in 1989. 

Here's another photo to give the flavor of the place.

Caught in Flight

everglades_003, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

Last month after spending a few days in the Florida Keys we drove back North through the Florida Everglades. We only had a day to look around and so we drove along the Tamiami Trail which crosses the lower half of the state through the Everglades. Before heading onto that stretch of road however we visited the Everglades Park Service Visitor Center.

This tricolored heron (above - and which I'm so happy to have actually caught in flight) was just one of many birds that we saw at the Center, as well as alligators and other more discrete animals.
And here's another less glamourous bird of flight that I managed to grab a picture of in the same location.

Cheeky Great White Heron for Breakfast

keys_003, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

This one was hanging around at our breakfast digs last month at the Lorelei Restaurant in Islamorada on the Florida Keys. We saw him (her?) the first time we had breakfast there and of course I was wanting to get a nice picture of the animal. Since this one did not appear to be the least bit shy it was actually fairly easy to obtain a good photograph, at least when he was not directly facing the camera. When he was looking straight at me he was far to thin to register well as a photograph!

Posing Parrot

DSC_0081, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

I always like getting pictures of birds. And what could be easier to photograph than a big colored parrot at Silver Springs in Florida. It's so used to people with cameras taking pictures of it.

Butterflies not quite free in conservatory

Key_West_023, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

This was a fun place to go to while we were in Key West last month. Of course other people might have chosen to sun bath on the beach or headed to Sloppy Joes but we spent an hour or two looking at butterflies.

Great Boat

120213_001, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

I was astounded by the boats that we saw as we drove along the Miami Beach. This is just typical and by no means the most elaborate.

Via Flickr:
Driving down Miami Beach towards the Art Deco district at the south beach section.

Wooden Stairs

DSC_0070, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

So many stairs to climb down, and then climb up again at Devil's Millhopper Park in Gainesville, Fl.

Interesting House

P1020194, a photo by alans1948 on Flickr.

I took this picture as we were driving into St Augustine from Gainesville last month. I kind of like the style and colors. Of course it was rather quickly taken out of the car window and once we'd stopped I had the opportunity to get possibly better pictures I still like this one.

Back Again

And this time I hope I'll stay longer. So here are some new pictures. Once again, I'm storing the on flickr (at least for the time being). This one was taken last night

Some bird shots above. Actually these were taken through glass in the French doors to our balcony. I've also cropped the images so that there's a digital zoom effect and applied some noise reduction and sharpening in Lightroom before uploading to flickr. It's a bit of an experiment. Oh yes, I also played around somewhat with Lightroom Presets.